Cabinet.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904- D. J. SWEET.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3o, 1904.

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DANIEL JAY SWEET, OE PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iratent No. 768,968, dated August 30, 1904:.l

Application filed January 30, 1904. i Serial No. 191,308. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL JAY SWEET, a citizen ot' the United States, and a resident o i' Pittslielthin the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet, or' which the following is A.

a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets particularly adapted for holding envelops containing the pay ot' workmen in business establishments, an object being to provide a very simple and convenient means for assemblingand delivering the wages of employees.

I will describe a cabinet embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in both the ligures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof.

The cabinet comprises a casing l, having a downwardly and outwardly curved bottom plate 2, and the lower portion of the casing at the front edge of this plate 2 is open, as indicated at 3. Arranged in the casing is a plurality or' receptacles 4, which are arranged to slide inward and also to slide toward the front wall 5 ot' the casing. The said front wall 5 is provided with slots 6, through which envelops may be passed into the receptacles. The receptacles in a row slide on a bottom board 7, and each receptacle has a downwardlyinclined bottom wall 8, at the lower end of which is an opening 9, through which the envelops may slide to the plate 2. From each sliding receptacle a rod lO extends outward through the front wall 5, and arranged between said tront wall and the receptacle is a spring ll, said spring surrounding the rods 10 and being' designed to move the receptacles to their forward positions upon releasing the outer ends of said rods lO, and on the outer ends ot said rods are disks lla, provided with numbers.

In the operation the envelops containing the pay are to be numbered to correspond with the numbers on the pay-roll and then the envelopsI are to be passed into the receptacle having said numbers. In paying ott it will only be necessary to torce the proper re- Y ceptacle inward, so that the envelop contained therein will fall out through the opening 9 onto the bottom plate 2.

This cabinet obviously may be made of any desired size and may be quite ornamental. It will take up comparatively little room on a desk or table, and by its use the-paying olf of a number of persons may be quickly done.

The back of the cabinet is made removable, so that repairs may be readily made when necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cabinet comprising a casing and a plurality of sliding receptacles therein, each receptacle having an inclined bottom portion, and an opening for discharging into the bottom of the casing.

2. 'A cabinet 'comprising a casing having a curved bottom plate and an opening' at the front,-a front plate having openings, receptacles mounted to slide in the casing and adapted to receive envelops passed through said openings in the front wall, each receptacle having a downwardly and rearwardly inclined bottom portion and an opening at the lower end of said bottom portion, rods extended outward from the sliding receptacles through the front wall, and springs for moving said receptacles in one direction.

8. A cabinet comprising a casing, a plurality of receptacles mounted to slide therein,rods extended from the receptacles through the front of the casing, numbered disks on the outer ends of said rods, springs for moving the receptacles toward the front of the casing, and inclined bottom portions for the receptacles.

4. A cabinet comprising a casing, au inclined or curved bottom plate in said casing, the said casing being open at the front and. at the bottom, iixed boards extended length- Wise Within the Casing, :L pumlty of recop- I to this Spocicaton in the presence of tWo submoles mounted to Shde on each board, each sorbing' Witnesses.

receptacle having an .inclined bottom portion X Y T n N '4 f and an oponlng at the lower ond o Sald bot- Di ILL JAX s. DEl 5 tom portion, and Sprlngs for moving tho re- Vltnosses:

Coptacles toward tho front of the caslng. GEORGE F. MOORE,

ln testimony Whorool havosignod mynzuno EUGENE B. MITCHELL. 

